On 11 November 1992 the General Synod, the Church of England's governing assembly, voted to allow women to be ordained as priests. The Synod has three chambers, bishops, clergy and laity, and a measure needs a two-thirds majority in each, so the vote was decided by only a narrow margin in the House of Laity. The Synod itself was set up in 1970 to replace the Church Assembly, as part of a long process of the Church gaining more self-government. The first women were ordained priests in 1994, and the Church went on to allow women bishops in 2014.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.